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VR is virtual reality. A mode of interacting with 3D space using a head mounted display.
The metaverse is just social VR where you experience a shared 3D space with others in VR headsets. Don’t let Mark fool you into thinking only they make social VR spaces/the metaverse. That’s what he wants. He didn’t invent the term. He just claimed it as his own. And in my opinion, pissed all over it too.
Might as well call Second Life a part of the Metaverse. It isn't, but by your reasoning it would be.
You don’t use VR headsets in SecondLife. It’s a lame flat screen third person thing where you play with dolls.
SocialVR is about embodiment too. Being your avatar. Eye contact. Presence. Third person control of a character model is not the same thing.
No, You don't. It is possible, and people do. VR ≠ The Metaverse. VR is used in all sorts of things that have nothing to do with The Metaverse
I’m not saying all VR is the metaverse. I’m saying SocialVR and the metaverse are the same.
And does the official client for SecondLife support VR now? I thought they abandoned attempts at that.